16.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Clayton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Clayton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 74% of people in Clayton report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area exceptionally healthy, with far fewer people living with chronic illness than in the rest of Victoria or Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 16.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure far below the Victorian average of 27.4%. Mental health conditions are the most common, affecting 6.2% of people, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
6.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Clayton, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.5% of people in Clayton need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and slightly lower than the 5.8% national average.
4.5% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Clayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20569/clayton/topic/health-disability